MUNICIPALITIES OF NEW YORK STATE

The New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation (NYS EFC) is pleased to announce the availability of $275 million in grant funding through the New York State Water Infrastructure Improvement Act and NYS Intermunicipal Water Infrastructure Grants Program.

New York State Water Infrastructure Improvement Act (WIIA)

Pursuant to WIIA, EFC provides grants to assist municipalities in funding infrastructure projects for the protection of water quality and public health. WIIA grants will be awarded to water quality infrastructure projects for replacement or repair of infrastructure or for compliance with environmental and public health laws and regulations related to water quality. EFC will evaluate projects based on factors including protection of water quality and public health, and readiness of the project to proceed expeditiously.

A clean water project may be eligible for a WIIA grant in the amount of the lesser of 25% of the total eligible project cost after deducting other grant funds awarded for the project or:

1) A project less than $50 million: $5 million;

2) A project equal to or greater than $50 million but less than $100 million: $12.5 million; or

3) A project projects equal to or greater than $100 million: $25 million.

If a project is awarded more than $5 million as described above, the grant will be allocated over multiple years in increments not to exceed $5 million.

A drinking water project may be eligible for a WIIA grant of up to the lesser of 60% of the total eligible project cost after deducting other grant funds awarded for the project or $3 million.

NYS Intermunicipal Water Infrastructure Grants Program (IMG)

Pursuant to the IMG, EFC will provide grants for infrastructure projects to be undertaken by two or more cooperating municipalities. IMG funding will be awarded for construction, replacement or repair of a drinking water or sewage treatment infrastructure project that serves multiple municipalities, such as shared water quality infrastructure that protects public health, the environment or results in compliance with environmental and public health laws and regulations related to water quality.

EFC will evaluate projects based on factors including protection of water quality and public health, and the readiness of the project to proceed expeditiously. To be eligible to apply for a grant, cooperating municipalities must have a valid and binding Intermunicipal Agreement related to the financing of the project.

A clean and drinking water project may be eligible for IMG funding of up to the lesser of 40% of the total eligible project cost after deducting other grant funds awarded for the project or $10 million.

Background

EFC administers the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) and co-administers the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) with the NYS Department of Health. The SRF Programs provide subsidized financial assistance to qualified municipalities to undertake eligible water infrastructure projects. You do not need to obtain financial assistance from the CWSRF or DWSRF program to receive a WIIA grant or IMG grant and do not need to be listed on the CWSRF or DWSRF Intended Use Plan to apply for a WIIA grant or IMG grant.

A WIIA grant or IMG grant is available only to a municipality, which is defined to include a county, city, town, village, district corporation, county or town improvement district, school district, Indian nation or tribe recognized by the state or the United States with a reservation wholly or partly within the boundaries of New York State, any public benefit corporation or public authority established pursuant to the laws of New York or any agency of the State that is empowered to construct and operate a water quality infrastructure project.

Application Due Date: Applications must be submitted to: [email protected] by 5:00 p.m., September 7, 2018. Applications are available at www.efc.ny.gov/WIIA and www.efc.ny.gov/IMG. It is expected that submission of additional documents with the application will be required.

WEBINAR: EFC will host webinars to present the WIIA and IMG programs on July 19, 2018 at 11:00 am and August 14, 2018 at 2:00 pm. These events will provide an overview of WIIA and IMG, as well as guidance on how to apply for grant funds. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions. You may register for either webinar on EFC’s website at: www.efc.ny.gov/WIIA and www.efc.ny.gov/IMG

CONTACTS: If you have questions on either program, please email: [email protected] or contact Dwight Brown, Division of Engineering & Program Management, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12207-2997, (518) 402-6924, Fax (518) 402-6954

ALL NEW YORK COUNTIES, TRIBAL AND TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENTS AS WELL AS UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Fiscal Year 2017 Cyber Security Grant Program seeks applications for up to $50,000 in federal State Homeland Security Program funding made available by the NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (DHSES). The purpose of this grant opportunity is to aid New York State’s local jurisdictions in enhancing their ability to protect, identify, respond to and recover from cyber incidents, through the funding of eligible planning, equipment, training and exercises costs.

All New York counties, tribal and territorial governments as well as units of local government to include cities, towns, and/or villages would be eligible to apply for this grant opportunity. The five objectives of this grant are to: 1) To provide New York State local jurisdictions with the resources and equipment necessary to prevent disruption of the confidentiality, integrity and availability of their information systems 2) To assess their cyber security risk, identify vulnerabilities and determine capability gaps with the focus of allocating resources 3) To ensure that local jurisdictions are equipped with the knowledge and resources necessary for providing cyber security awareness training to their staff in support of good cyber hygiene at the user level 4) To develop actionable cyber security plans that focus on response and immediate remediation to a cyber incident and finally, 5) To encourage the participation in established cyber security support networks and utilization of the vast number of resources available to local governments.

Applications will be accepted through 5:00PM on August 7, 2018 through the New York State’s Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services’ (NYS-DHSES) electronic grants management system (E-Grants). For the Request for Applications (RFA) please visit the DHSES website at: http://www.dhses.ny.gov/grants or DHSES’s Grant Hotline at (866) 837-9133